't see the game. >> is that like -- not likealancearmstrong? >>no, no. it's all-natural. you know, just straight endorphins. i'm a little soft in the middle these days, so listen. early on it looked like an absolute rout. joe flacco threw three first half touchdowns. he ended up the game mvp. there's a money angle because he's a free agent. he's probably going to get like a $1 mund million deal next year. after kickoff return to start the second half it was 28-6. and then, some people said the lights were out. and the lights literally went out. the blackout stopped the game for 34 minutes. as for exactly what happened. we don't know the full story as of yet. but it seems the utility company is not to blame, along with superdome management company sng. this is their statement. a piece of equipment that is designed to monitor electrical load sensed an abnormality in the system. once the issue was detected the sensing equipment operated as designed and opened a breaker, causing power to be partially cut to the superdome in order to isolate the issue, end quote. when the lights came o

hasrepresentedlancearmstrongtoenron's andrew fastow. >> back to the big developments from the aviation sector this morning. boeing's plan to fix the 787 battery problems and a merger to create the world's largest airline. phil lebeau has details on both stories. which one would you like to start with. >> let's start with the american/usair because i think a lot of people are going to look at this and say, what? we've been hearing about this for some time. when is it finally going to be finished. i talked to one person this morning familiar with what's going on, involved in the discussions between american and usair, and they tell me that they are close to having this thing wrapped up. but close means it could happen in the next week to two weeks. there've been some reports out of dallas that we'll have an announcement early next week. i've been told that might be a bit optimistic. i think we're still probably at least another week out. this still needs to be approved by the amr board because this would happen as they exit bankruptcy, they have not finalized all of the deta